Clyde Drexler vs. Cooper Flagg Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cooper Flagg and Clyde Drexler, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.
Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.
Clyde Drexler played 15 years in the NBA, 14 more than Cooper Flagg, who played 1. Clyde Drexler had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Cooper Flagg had his rookie season in 2025-26. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.
Their Careers | |||
| Player | Total Seasons | Playoffs Played | NBA Years |
| Clyde Drexler | 15 | 15 | 1983-84 to 1997-98 |
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 0 | 2025-26 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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| Clyde Drexler | Cooper Flagg | |
| Season | 1983-84 | 2025-26 |
| Team | Portland Trail Blazers | Dallas Mavericks |
| Honors & Awards | ||
| Playoffs | Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd | Did Not Play |
Rookie Season Stats Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Clyde Drexler | 82 | 17.2 | 7.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 6.8 | .451 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 1.5 | 2.1 | .728 |
| difference: | +81 | +14.8 | +2.3 | +0.4 | +7.5 | +7.1 | +1.9 | +0.3 | +0.4 | -1.5 | -0.5 | +0.9 | +6.2 | +.143 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +.272 | ||
| Cooper Flagg | 1 | 32.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | .308 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.000 |
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| G | Min | Pts | ORb | DRb | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | FGM / A | % | 3PM / A | % | FTM / A | % | ||||
| Clyde Drexler | 5 | 17.0 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 7.0 | .429 | 0.0 | 0.2 | .000 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .857 |
| Cooper Flagg | DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Additional Years |
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* Clyde Drexler played 14 seasons more than Cooper Flagg in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 15, from 1985 to 1998—Clyde Drexler played in 14 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 14 extra years over Cooper Flagg, Clyde Drexler got these achievements: | |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-NBA Second Team 2 All-NBA Third Team 10 All-Star Game |